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From Aleppo to Dubai: Syrian Entrepreneur Salim Akil [Wamda TV]

At the MIT Enterprise Forum Workshop last month, Salim Akil of searchinmena.com discusses the challenges of moving out of Syria due to the...

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The Road to Crowdfunding Ruin

Editor's Note (NC): Daniel Isenberg's latest article addresses the "Jumpstart Our Business Startups" (JOBS) act that President Obama...

Legal Trends

Seed Forum Abu Dhabi

Seed Forum Abu Dhabi‭ is taking place‬ on Wednesday the 25th of April 2012‭ ‬at the Emirates Palace‭ ‬Hotel, sponsored by The Belleau Wood G...

Investment

Negotiate Your Startup’s Success, Part One: Talking to Investors

Last week, a friend of mine was meeting with a potential investor for a new venture he was kicking off. He called me to discuss and seek...

Investment

Kiva, Silatech Join to Boost Loans to Young Arab Entrepreneurs

As The Next Web reported, crowdsourced microfinance platform Kiva has announced a partnership with Silatech, to support entrepreneurs...

Investment

Wamda Capital Announces Investment in Translation Platform Qordoba

Wamda Capital, the early stage funding arm of Wamda, has announced investment in crowdsourced translation platform Qordoba. Qordoba, which...

Investment

Four Bahraini Startups Graduate from Local Accelerator

Tenmou, Bahrain's first Y Combinator-style accelerator, has announced the graduation of its first round of startups, focusing on IT...

Envestors next meeting: Matching entrepreneurs with investors

Envestors Private Investor Network is organizing an event on January 30 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm featuring new companies who are seeking...

China's Haxlr8r Accelerates Hardware Startups; Wamda to Connect Arab Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs who have been looking to manufacture hardware cheaply in China now have better access to infrastructure, with the launch of...

Girls Take the Lead as Sherkitna Trains Public High Students in Entrepreneurship

A new initiative is launching in Jordan to help public high school students develop entrepreneurship skills during the school...

Egyptian Accelerator Flat6Labs Graduates First Cycle of Tech Startups

Egypt’s newest seed stage accelerator, Flat6Labs, has graduated its first group of startups, culminating in a Demo Day at their Cairo c...

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ImHalal Sends Wake Up Call to Arab Investors As It Goes To The Deadpool

In September 2009, during the month of Ramadan, a young Kuwaiti-Iranian entrepreneur named Reza Sardeha launched “ImHalal”, a new search eng...

Crowdfunding to the Rescue: How Kickstarter and Sprowd Help Startups

Interested in starting up a new project but confused about where to get funding? In the last couple of years, we’ve seen the rise of a new t...

A Look at Seedcamp, Europe's Hottest Accelerator

As venture incubators sprout up around the globe, pledging to nourish the next generation of startups in a period of global recession, they...

Accelerators

Winning Startups Target Education and Environment at GEW Entrepreneurs Forum

‘Entrepreneurs are important because they create wealth for the society, and usually take less than 1% of what they create. Steve Jobs only ...

Matching Entrepreneurs with Investors in Palestine

It’s been said often that perseverance is the key to success in the region, especially in Palestine. Yet while options for funding are g...

GIST Launches Competition to Fund Societal Change

Do you have an idea whose time has come? If so, it’s now even easier to get funding this fall. GIST, the Global Innovation through Science a...

Wamda Announces Commitment to Follow On Funding for Oasis500 Startups

Today, Wamda is announcing a strategic partnership with Oasis500, Jordan’s entrepreneurship accelerator. Through the Wamda Fund (yes there i...

Top 10 Accelerators in the Middle East and North Africa

So you’ve written a quick pitch of your idea, sketched out your market, come up with some monetization options, taken stock of y...

Accelerators

Shaking the Money Tree: The Search for Financing

When it comes time to seek financing your startup enterprise, do you know your options? Mathew Georgiou, MediaSpark Inc. This article ...

Seriously Funny: Jordanian comedy portal Talasim

Late last September, Talasim.com, took one of the six winning spots at the UK's Seedcamp, earning 50,000 Euros in funding. But as the...

Access-To-Finance: an Analysis of Egyptian Firms

by Ayman Ismail Access-to-finance is a key aspect of entrepreneurial development as well as economic growth in emerging economies. As...

Regional

StartUp Maroc Championship

StartUp Maroc Championship is a disruptive event designed to bring together new and experienced entrepreneurs with investors, mentors, ...

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What can the Bank of Palestine do to better support startups? [Wamda TV]

At the recent World Economic Forum Meeting on the Middle East and North Africa in the Dead Sea, Jordan this May, we tried to...

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